cONIGLIARO iNDUSTRIES EXPANDS POLYSTYRENE RECYCLING WITH SUPPORT FROM FOAM RECYCLING COALITION

MRF receives a $50,000 grant to purchase denisifier

MARCH 18, 2025

Conigliaro Industries operates a large-scale material recovery facility in Framingham, Massachusetts, serving over 350,000 households in Boston and Worcester as well as hundreds of industrial, institutional, educational and hospitality accounts across New England. The facility already accepted non-food-related polystyrene foam like packing peanuts, foam insulation, foam coolers and other foam packaging.

Conigliaro received a $50,000 Foam Recycling Coalition grant to purchase a thermal densifier, allowing the facility to expand its acceptable foam materials to include used foodservice polystyrene such as cups, plates, clamshells and school lunch trays.

“Conigliaro Industries already recycles 150 other materials including rigid plastics, foam plastics, paper, corrugated cardboard, rubber, metal, glass, and others,” said Gregory Conigliaro, president of Conigliaro. “With the help of the Foam Recycling Coalition, we purchased the first major piece of equipment that will help us add used foodservice polystyrene to our accepted materials list. We will build up this line to include equipment that will wash and dry the polystyrene foam before melting it for recycling, further expanding our recycling capabilities.”

After processing, Conigliaro sells the densified polystyrene foam to several end markets where the recycled material is turned into decorative molding and picture frames.

Learn more about Conigliaro Industries at www.conigliaro.com.